Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

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  @Refresh5406 · 3 years ago

  The key to misery is to look at your hardship and ask "why me?" The key to joy is to look at your blessings and ask the same question.

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  @toothlesstraveler · 7 years ago

  "If you are grateful, you act out of a sense of enough (abundance) and not out of a sense of scarcity." - This is a profound truth.

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  @Cuuhleerity · 6 years ago

  It's not happiness that makes us grateful. It's gratefulness that makes us happy.

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  @javierlopeztapia5588 · 5 years ago (edited)

  This just hit so hard... I work at a coffee shop and today one of my regular could see that I was not my usual self.  He tells me his entire life story which is exactly what I am dealing with right now. Page by page I am literally going through the same things he has dealt with. He tell me that he’ll give me a word a day and that my homework is to read or watch something related to that word. Today’s word was GRATITUDE. So here I am in tears. I can’t believe how crazy it is that sometimes a complete stranger takes the time to STOP, LOOK and GO. This man literally took the time to say this person needs help.

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  @slanusgreenstreet5316 · 6 years ago

  "Gratitude is riches.....complaint is poverty!"

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  @elias5658 · 6 years ago

  From my experience, the ones who are really grateful are unstoppable.

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  @jlfard · 11 years ago

  The problem is that we are always looking at other people's life and we want what they have. We have to understand that we all have our own reasons to be happy, we have to look at our own life and realize about the reasons that we have in order to be grateful and happy.

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  @thunderbird8567 · 7 years ago

  my mom told me I am behind from others. I then realized that I am not  behind, I am within my pace. I am grateful at where I am. I am thankful for the blessings. I dont want to rush things out and miss the opportunity to see the learnibgs I will carry for this lifetime.

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  @deckearns · 5 years ago

  I can tell you this...<br><br>Some time ago I nearly died. I needed 3 years of serious surgery. In the end I had my large bowl removed. I survived.<br><br>Through all of this I won&apos;t lie, it was a very serious time for me. It was my greatest ever test. I&apos;m totally not religious. Just someone who thinks.<br><br>Afterward I was the happiest i have ever been in my life. I was broke, no job, no wife... Nothing. But I was alive. It was the best I have ever felt. It was amazing.<br><br>I felt truly grateful. &nbsp;I felt so happy.<br><br>This man talks a lot of sense.

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  @ViktorPetroOv · 6 months ago

  The idea of getting just 1% better every day sounds simple, but the compounding effect over time is incredibly powerful. Small habits really do shape big results. Great explanation! 🔥📈

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  @revmelcampbell6062 · 10 years ago

  This is one of the best talks I&apos;ve ever seen

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  @rohanshupanwar7774 · 3 years ago

  Whenever I feel low, I just watch this video and it helps me to return back on track.

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